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Sunday, 30 November 2014

A
cricketing legend who has enjoyed more than 50 years in the game is the guest
at the December meeting of the Lincolnshire Cricket Lovers’ Society, writes ANN BOULTON.

Dennis
Amiss MBE will be at Cleethorpes Cricket Club on December 11 to talk about his
long career as a player and later as an administrator.

The former
Warwickshire and England batsman scored more than 43,000
runs and is one of the few batsmen to have score 100 first class centuries, a
feat he achieved in 1986

As an England player, he hit an unbeaten 262
against the West
Indies in
the 1973-74 test series and followed it up with 206 at the Oval in 1976 against
an attack that included Michael Holding and Andy Roberts.

In the
early days of limited over cricket, he also became the first batsman to hit a
century in One Day Internationals. Amiss went
on to become CEO of Warwickshire and deputy chairman of the ECB before retiring
in 2011.

The evening
begins at 7.30pm and is free to Society members and £5 for guests.

Thursday, 6 November 2014

The next
meeting of the Lincolnshire Cricket Lovers’ Society focuses on a topical theme
– the First World War.

Current 100th
anniversary commemorations coincide with the visit of author Brian Halford
whose 11 years of research have unearthed and explored the identity of the man
who was the inspiration behind the P G Wodehouse character Jeeves.

Born in
Dewsbury and brought up in Goole, bowler Percy Jeeves played 50 games for
Warwickshire and was on the verge of the England team when World War 1 intervened.

Halford’s
book The Real Jeeves explores the
player’s life before and during the conflict and reveals how Wodehouse modelled
his character on Percy Jeeves after seeing him play in a county match.

Coincidentally,
the foreword to the book is provided by Dennis Amiss, who will be the speaker
at the Cricket Lovers’ Society December meeting.

Brian
Halford will be at Cleethorpes Cricket Club on Thursday, November 13. The evening starts at 7.30pm and is free to
Society members and £5 for guests.

Harry Boulton with the first team batting award and North Lindsey
batting trophy at the Caistor Cricket Club dinner. The club's first team plays in the Lincolnshire League premier division and the Sunday side in the Amazing Smile North Lindsey League. PICTURE BY WES ALLISON.

Thursday, 2 October 2014

The
Lincolnshire Association of Cricket Officials are organising a Level 1A Umpires
Course for members who would like to improve their knowledge and understanding
of the Laws of Cricket and their skills as an umpire. It is designed for those
members who would like to progress further and also as a revision
course.

Gareth Dowson, thePublicity Officer and Training
Co-ordinator, would like to hear from any member who would like to take the
course which will be held at:

BRACEBRIDGE HEATH CRICKET CLUB
PAVILION on Saturday 21st MARCH and Saturday 28th MARCH
2015 from 10am to 4pm each day.

Please contact Gareth at garthdowson@hotmail.co.uk or
telephone him on 07904 806321 for more
details and to register your interest.

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Nigel Fisher played almost 800 games for Brigg Town Cricket Club in a variety of leagues for 30 years up to 2004, also making appearances for Brocklesby Park. Since then he has umpired as a member of the Scunthorpe panel. He is results secretary of the Lincolnshire County Cricket League, chairman of the Broughton Evening League and supplies cricket content for the Scunthorpe Telegraph, the Grimsby Telegraph and the Lincolnshire Echo. He also penned the very popular and long-running In A Spin column, taking a light-hearted look at the game at local club level. Nigel welcomes your input.Please email scoopfisher@aol.com